There is also a striking difference in the amount of works written by women and by men that are actively used. Works written by women are used less in school textbooks in general. Men write the majority of textbooks used in classrooms today. Although there are so many female historians and professors, women are not often given the respect accorded to men. If we compared male roles in literature to female roles, we would most often find that men are complex characters, while women are static. . Women often fall into the trap of playing the same roles in every novel. They rarely change throughout the novel, unless a male character instigates the change. Women are usually changing or "finding themselves", unless the action is imposed by a man in the novel. Usually, women serve as plot developers in novels. They support male characters, often as a male love interest or simple roles that serve no purpose. These characters only last a few pages or a chapter at least. If the love interest is on more than one page, she is barely mentioned or ends up being the secret antagonist. The most common unspoken role of a woman is to further the male's intrigue. The works written by Ernest Hemingway are a great example of the fundamental role of women in literature. Not only did the majority of Hemingway's novels follow stereotypical female roles, but he also wrote about women in a new light with the novel "The Sun Also Rises." His views on women are often questioned based on his written comments and actions against women in the novels. Hemingway has been called many things, including a masochist. It is said that Hemingway had masochistic sexual tendencies and that these “tendencies” are expressed in many of his male characters. (Hatten, "Ernes... middle of paper... he thinks she would like it. It appears that Frédéric has control over Catherine by the way Catherine expresses her supposed feelings for Frédéric by repeatedly telling him that she only exists when he is there, she is only happy when he is there It is clear at the end of the novel that it is Catherine who leads their life together and this is from Catherine's death. that Frédéric takes his responsibilities and finally comes into himself (Recla, "The development of Hemingway's female characters: Catherine from A Farewell to Arms in the Garden of Eden." Pg.11) In "The Soldiers' House" by Hemingway The man in the book, the soldier, views women as objects who are When he returns from war, he lacks the desire of a woman and the affection of a woman. false and uncomforting, but rather a reminder of the loss of one's life and innocence in war..